An unmasked group takes part during a Santa Claus parade in protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in what Toronto Police described as a gathering unauthorized by the city in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 20, 2020 ReutersCanada had recorded more than 541,000 cases of Covid-19 with more than 14,800 deathsThe first two cases of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain have been confirmed in Canada, health authorities said on Saturday. "The cases are a couple from Durham with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts," Barbara Yaffe, acting chief medical officer for Ontario, said in a statement. The couple have been placed in isolation, according to the statement, the same day that Ontario reimposed a lockdown for several weeks due to a spike in Covid-19 cases in the province since early December. The lockdown in Ontario, Canada's most populous province at some 14 million residents, will last 28 days in the south of the region and 14 days in the north. As of Sunday, Canada had recorded more than 541,000 cases of Covid-19 with more than 14,800 deaths.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 26, 2020 22:07 UTC